British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications (LLU/WLR Charge Control March 2012)

Summary of appeal published on 17 May 2012. By an Order dated 17 May 2012, the time for making requests for permission to intervene was abridged until 30 May 2012. A case management conference took place on 31 May 2012 when Sky and TalkTalk were granted permission to intervene in the BT appeal and BT were granted permission to intervene in the Sky/TalkTalk appeal. EE’s applications to intervene were dismissed. A ruling in relation to EE’s renewed application to intervene was handed down on 26 June 2012. On 24 July 2012 the Tribunal made two Orders: (1) referring the price control matters in the BT appeal to the Competition Commission for determination by 29 March 2013; and (2) granting permission to BT to withdraw certain grounds of its appeal.

On 27 March 2013, the Competition Commission published its final determination in relation to the specific price control matters raised in the appeal.